Direct Investment Surveys: BE-577, Direct Transactions of U.S. Reporter With Foreign Affiliate

This final rule amends regulations of the Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), for the quarterly BE-577, Direct Transactions of U.S. Reporter With Foreign Affiliate. The BE-577 survey is conducted quarterly and is a sample survey that obtains data on transactions and positions between U.S.-owned foreign business enterprises and their U.S. parents. To address the current needs of data users while at the same time keeping the respondent burden as low as possible, BEA is modifying, adding, or deleting items on the survey form and in the reporting criteria. The changes will bring the BE-577 form and related instructions into conformity with the 2004 BE-10, Benchmark Survey of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad and will exclude data that have recently begun to be collected on other Government surveys.